WGUS64 KAMA 142102
FFAAMA

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
402 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2008

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CENTERED NEAR FARMINGTON AT
MID AFTERNOON...WAS GAINING SPEED AS IT SLIDES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO. IN THE MEANTIME...AN ASSOCIATED TROUGH WAS EDGING
EASTWARD...SPREADING DRIER AIR INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCES ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT...THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. SHOWERS
SHOULD MOVE SWIFTLY WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN SLIDES INTO AREAS THAT HAVE
NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAINFALL. BASED ON THESE TRENDS...THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-142300-
/O.CON.KAMA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-081014T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...
WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...
CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
402 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER...CIMARRON AND TEXAS. IN
  TEXAS... ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF
  SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...
  LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...
  ROBERTS...SHERMAN AND WHEELER.

* UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
  THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY
  RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
  QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
  IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
  OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

NUNEZ